Xantrex Technology 15A24V Battery Charger User Manual


 
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Important Safety Instructions
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Introduction
Truecharge™ 2 Battery Charger - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1–1
Standard and Protection Features - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1–2
Truecharge™ 2 Battery Charger - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1–4
Rear Panel- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1–6
Onboard Control and Status Display Panel - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1–7
Input Voltage Operating and Derating - - - - - - - - - - - - - -1–13
Battery and Charger Temperature Thresholds - - - - - - - - -1–13
Remote Panel (Sold Separately) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -1–14
Advantages of Current Limiting Feature: - - - - - - - - -1–17
2
Operation
About Truecharge™ 2 Battery Charger - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2–2
Three-Stage Charging - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2–3
Two-Stage Charging - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2–4
Charging Voltage Setpoints - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2–5
Battery Qualification - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2–5
Temperature Considerations - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2–6
Setting the Battery Temperature without a BTS - - - - - - - 2–6
Operating DC Loads - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2–8
Charging Batteries - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2–9
Equalizing Flooded Batteries - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -2–11
About Equalization - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -2–11
Performing An Equalization - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -2–12
Transitioning the Truecharge™ 2 Battery Charger to
ON, Standby, or Disabled - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -2–14
Accessing Charger Information - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -2–15
Reading Remote Panel and Onboard Display LEDs - - - - -2–15
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